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In Depth Product Reviews
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Read My Sports Gadget Recommendations.
Here’s my most recent GPS watch guide here, and cycling GPS computers here. Plus there are smart trainers here, all in these guides cover almost every category of sports gadgets out there. Looking for the equipment I use day-to-day? I also just put together my complete ‘Gear I Use’ equipment list, from swim to bike to run and everything in between (plus a few extra things). And to compliment that, here’s The Girl’s (my wife’s) list. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by!
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My Photography Gear: The Cameras/Drones/Action Cams I Use Daily
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The Swim/Bike/Run Gear I Use List
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Briefs
Hamburgers
Straight tie
Coke
PC
Plastic
Wheat bread
MAC
Mac fan since 2005.
Boxers or briefs – Boxer Briefs!
Hot dogs or hamburgers – Burgs
Bow tie or straight tie – Straight Tie
Coke or Pepsi – Coke
Mac or PC – Doesn’t matter if it gets the job done
Paper or Plastic – Paper
White Bread or wheat bread – White
Cheers!
Coke for me!
Hamburgers right off the grill – oh and a side of Mac to go with that.
Wheat.
Thanks.
Pepsi (light) and a pc and hopefully a polar!
Boxers
Hamburgers
Straight tie
Fresca
Mac
Paper
Sourdough. So… white. :)
Wheat Bread!! Yummy :)
Mac!
Mac & Coke (sounds like a weird mixed drink)
Hamburgers. For some weird reason, my stomach feels fuller when I wolf down a huge, juicy hamburger over a hot dog.
coke!-especially after and open water swim!
Definitely Mac
Carlo
Coke, that’s a no brainer.
Hot dogs AND hamburger… why would I choose ?
Don’t tell me I’m food-focused. It’s 4.30PM up here and I’m hungry :-)
Seb
Briefs for sure.
Hey Ray,
You should have had some tri/bike techno pairs in there, like Quarq or PowerTap and Cervelo or Trek (does that last one cause a divide in your house?).
Briefs or boxers? depends what’s on the outside.
Pepsi Max over Diet Coke or Zero
I’ve got to go with burgers
Mac for sure!
Boxers not old enough for briefs yet,
Plus I’ll have a hamburger And coke
Mac or PC running Linux. I have both.
PC, I guess that proves I’m over 40 ey?
Pepsi with grenadine after a long run is definitely the way to go
Doing a picnic with hamburgers and Pepsi while I try to keep the ants away from my PC!
Hamburgers. Yum.
PC. Apple is garbage.
PC, Coke, Paper
Paper or plastic? No! Bring your own bag. :-)
Paper, always paper. The only thing plastic bags are good for is putting on a wetsuit.
Once you change to Mac is hard to go back… everything has worked fine and easier for me! Garmin or Polar? Just changed from a Polar 200 GPS (watch works fine, GPS doesn’t) to a FR60 ’til the new 610 arrives! I hope it meets my expectations!
Wheat bread all the way baby!
Mac
while drinking Pepsi
Boxers for me and the PC. I don’t eat any of the food that you have listed.
Hotdogs? Really? Yuck!
Hamburgers
Hamburger and a Coke!
Why choose? Go for boxer briefs. All the support of briefs, with the style of boxers.
PC
Love the blog! I’m a boxer man!
Wheat bread.
thanks for the great product review.
Hot dogg with a nice ice cold pepsi!
White bread,
Hamburger,
briefs,
MAC or PC? MAC
Briefs
Hot dogs
N/A
Coke (but mostly not)
Mac
Plastic
N/A
I am hot dog guy myself
Homemade wheat bread, my Gramma’s recipe.
Wheat bread.
Bow tie!
Absolutely Mac!! Duh! ;)
Coke
Cloth bags over paper and plastic.
Mac, of course. And boxers.
Coke. A thousand times Coke. Pepsi is the nectar of evil. Coke is its antithesis–and a delicious post-long ride/run beverage when accompanied with a snickers.
Boxers or Briefs?..I like the freeness of bozers yet the hugging support of briefs so I do boxerbriefs!!!
DIET coke
Wheat Bread!
coke
Coke. Is Pepsi even a thing still?
wheat bread
wheat bread
Hamburger & coke, the way it’s supposed to be.
Wheat Bread. Except for two sandwiches….Grilled Cheese and PB&J.
PC, PC, PC!!! Strongly PC. Hot dogs AND hamburgers tho.
Under Armour Briefs
Cheese burger
Coke
Mac
Paper
Wheat Bread
And definitely Polar (625X), although I’ve been using a Garmin 310XT the past 2 years
White bread! Often accompanied by beer. Probably why I am not very fast!
Coke!
Coke
Definitly Mac – although today’s oral exam at university was only cancalled because of the course teacher using a PC. :) However, I will never go back to Windows (switched 2006).
Boxers
Hamburgers
Straight
Coke
PC
Plastic
Wheat
Coke
Wheat Bread!
Wheat bread
Oh, briefs, to be sure!
mac – never again this shit
Wheat Bread! Good luck in Boise!
Mac!
Hands down, Coke.
Apple iMac
Me too on Mac for years. Bummer that RCX5 does not have an altimeter. What about those of us that run hills/mtns?
Burgers for sure. Mystery meat scares me.
Thanks for your awesome blog!
but still a separate pod . . .
Mac!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mac all the way!!
I’ll say hamburgers over hot dogs.
I guess liking both Polar and Garmin hints that i like boxer briefs.
Briefs for sure. Lee
Coke!
Mac of course (but only french ones means with “azerty” keyboard) =)
wheat bread. people over 10 years old still like white bread?
PC over Mac anyday. Any MS Excel geek would likely agree with me there.
Coke over Pepsi any day.
Since I only get the opportunity to chime in on one of these vehemently contested topics…I have to go with the one that would effect my life the most.
Boxers…again and again.
I could not imagine a life of briefs.
how about boxers briefs? does that count? if not, straight tie. i’m not cool enough to pull off a bow tie.
Love the reviews!!!
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Wheat bread. I blame my parents for early but useful indoctrination for eating habits
Coke of course.
Hamburger on wheat bread
Coke
Bow tie – never worn one, but I prefer their look. I’d love to grow up and be Bill Nye!
Thanks as always!
Boxer-briefs. :-) And always whole grain bread.
Boxers. Definitely boxers.